KimberleeMS

Q: Will the apple pencil work on ipad air 2

I purchased an ipad air 2 for drawing but found that there are hardly any pressure sensitive stylus that work with it. Does anyone have any idea if the new apple pencil for the ipad pro will work for ipad air 2?

Posted on Sep 9, 2015 2:03 PM

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  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Oct 29, 2015 2:16 PM in response to mattao
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    Oct 29, 2015 2:16 PM in response to mattao

    The Apple Pencil may just work like any ordinary stylus OR it just may NOT work, at all!!

    Apple NEVER mentioned anywhere that the Apple pencil will work, at all, with any other iPad models.

    Apple specifically titled this Apple Pencil for iPad Pro. Period,

    When Apple puts this up on their own website, they mean it will only work with the iPad Pro!

    You may not like reading that, but it doesn't change the fact!

    The Apple Pencil was made exclusively for the iPad Pro.

    Do you really want to pay $99 for a stylus that will only work like any other cheaper 3rd party stylus on the market?

    I, recently, purchased an Adonit Jot Touch w/pixelpoint and this works great with my current iPad 3.

    I am having the opposite reaction. I am planning to purchase an iPad Pro model and I would like the Adonit Jot Touch stylus, I purchased two months ago, to work with the new iPad Pro. I don't want to spend another $99 on another stylus for this iPad model.

     

    The Adonit Jot Touch is a precision stylus that also retails for $99.

    I am sure this works real well with all current iPad models.

    Contact Adonit to see if they have solved the issues that plagued most of their styluses models for awhile when the iPad Air 2 first came out.

    See my previous threads here for my link to Adonit's website.

  • by stephen.bernie,

    stephen.bernie stephen.bernie Oct 29, 2015 8:16 PM in response to KimberleeMS
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    Oct 29, 2015 8:16 PM in response to KimberleeMS

    I don't think it's possible to get pressure sensitive response using Apple Pencil on iPad Air 2. However if you wanna such response, currently I am using Adobe Ink & Slide for my artworks on iPad Air 2, and it just works fine.

  • by lrwalton,

    lrwalton lrwalton Nov 1, 2015 7:54 PM in response to _rogueFive_
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    Nov 1, 2015 7:54 PM in response to _rogueFive_

    Agreed.... I have a MacBook Air, iPAD Air2, and an assortment of Windows 10 devices including a Surface Pro 2.  The experience on the Surface Pro 2 with a Wacom digitiser and pen is excellent.... and the Pro 3 and the new Pro 4, while Microsoft changed the technology, are sublime.  The iPAD has always had potential but the experience on the earlier models with 3rd party stylus were always a bit half baked compared to the Surface technology....  Now .. to be fair a Surface is a full up PC not a tablet like the iPAD. The iPAD pro LOOKS great on paper... but we shall see... but who wants a 12inch tablet?

     

    The failing here (to another post) is that IOS and OSX are 2 fundamentally different OS's.  For the Pro running iOS to effectively compete in the PC space against WIN10 devices is a very long pull of the bow... and will take another couple of versions to get there.  The better comparison is OSX to Win10.

     

    The Air 2 hopefully will have the same capabilities as the Pro but alas, I am cynical enough to believe its part of the planned obsolescence of the product line which is why you'll have to buy the next cool thing!  The Air 2 has a beautiful display, great performance, but Apple had a brain fog and missed the plot on pen capabilities...

  • by BobFrankly,

    BobFrankly BobFrankly Nov 9, 2015 3:54 PM in response to MichelPM
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    Nov 9, 2015 3:54 PM in response to MichelPM

    The real catch that I see to be obvious is that there's an element between the iPad Pro and the Pencil that accelerates the update frequency of the display. Is this in the new hardware, or is this something baked into iOS 9? There IS new display tech in the iPad Pro, but the lions share of what is there is obviously for the "3D touch" feature, though I would suspect some of it is there to support reading the tilt of the stylus.

     

    One of the biggest attractions I see about the Apple Pencil is it's ability to draw charge from the iPad itself. If it can handle pressure sensitivity and charge off my iPad Air 1, it's competing strongly against the Adjonit Touch I already own.

     

    As far as being "exclusive" to the iPad Pro, Apple isn't shy about tossing the word "exclusive" around, and they haven't done so here. Apple does (and deservedly I might add) have a rep about being coy when they want to sell you a brand new iPad. I would suspect that the Pencil will *work* with older iPad models, but in a more... feature limited mode, without tilt and update frequency boosting.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Nov 9, 2015 4:19 PM in response to BobFrankly
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    Nov 9, 2015 4:19 PM in response to BobFrankly

    We will fnd out soon enough this week!

  • by Dynasty365,

    Dynasty365 Dynasty365 Nov 12, 2015 6:23 AM in response to KimberleeMS
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    Nov 12, 2015 6:23 AM in response to KimberleeMS

    just  my opinion but I think it probably will work but they won't tell you that cause I'm almost cer the new technology is actually in the stylus not the iPad pro itsel. At least that's what it looks like from the picture of the stylus tip it seems to flex when being used so I would think the stylus is telling the iPad they its tilting.

  • by Kilgore-Trout,

    Kilgore-Trout Kilgore-Trout Nov 12, 2015 6:47 AM in response to Dynasty365
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    Nov 12, 2015 6:47 AM in response to Dynasty365

    Apple made it very clear in the media event that the screen for the Pro is a completely new design. Both the new screen and the Pencil are required for the full functionality. It will not have those features on an older model.

  • by badnobe,

    badnobe badnobe Nov 12, 2015 11:59 AM in response to KimberleeMS
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    Nov 12, 2015 11:59 AM in response to KimberleeMS

    "It can't be used with older iPads. The Pencil is meant to be used with the iPad Pro. I tried plugging it into my iPad Air 2, but I didn't receive any pairing request by the system."

    https://www.macstories.net/stories/ipad-pro-accessories-review/

  • by bhfromvancouver,

    bhfromvancouver bhfromvancouver Nov 15, 2015 3:11 PM in response to MichelPM
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    Nov 15, 2015 3:11 PM in response to MichelPM

    i've got the Jot Touch and now the iPad Pro. The Jot works but so poorly that my finger is infinitely better. I've tried it in a number of apps but it lags equally badly in each. Works well on my iPad Air.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Nov 15, 2015 3:33 PM in response to bhfromvancouver
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    Nov 15, 2015 3:33 PM in response to bhfromvancouver

    I am hoping this is an issues with Adonit's current SDK circulation within supoorted apps and NOT a hardware problem as I just, three months ago, purchased their Jot Touch w/pixelpoint stylus and I hope I will not have to purchase an Apple Pencil when supplies return OR have to purchase another Adonit stylus that is compatible with my new iPad Pro. I really do not want to spend additional cash on another $100 high tech smart stylus.

  • by bhfromvancouver,

    bhfromvancouver bhfromvancouver Nov 15, 2015 3:46 PM in response to MichelPM
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    Nov 15, 2015 3:46 PM in response to MichelPM

    I just bought the Jot a few weeks ago so I am feeling somewhat cheated at the moment. I do love the expansive real estate of the iPad Pro tho.

  • by MichelPM,

    MichelPM MichelPM Nov 15, 2015 8:09 PM in response to bhfromvancouver
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    Nov 15, 2015 8:09 PM in response to bhfromvancouver

    Some Good News.

    I just did a test with Procreate and the Adonit Jot Touch w/pixelpoint and once Bluetooth is turned on in iPad Settings App and the stylus is activated in Procreate, the stylus IS functioning as it should with pressure, tilt and palm rejection appears to be working well.

    The "trick" with most drawing apps and styluses that utilise palm rejection is that you need to rest your palms on the screen, FIRST, before you begin drawing on the screen.

    My Adonit Jot Touch feels great using this on the bigger screen. This feels more like putting pencil/pen/brush to paper.

    Can't wait to do some really intense artworks on this larger screen iPad.

    I am just loving this.

    Very happy with this,so far!

    I was really "on the fence" about spending this kind of major cash on a tablet device since this is THE MOST money I have EVER spent on an iPad or any iDevice!

    I spent an hour in my local Apple Store twice and tried out both the iPad Pro and Air 2 and then left and drove around for awhile and got myself some lunch to mull over this potential purchase before I finally committed to the purchase of my shiney new iPad Pro.

    I think purchasing this for a more natural, expressive, extensive and more confident and complete drawing, illlustration and painting experience away from my Mac and on the go was money well spent!

    I, also, have Astropad on this iPad. Astropad turns your iPad into a wireless,visual drawing tablet NOT unlike that of a Wacom Cintiq drawing tablet/second screen monitor.

    I can't WAIT to see how Asrtropad will perform on this iPad Pro with my 27 inch screen iMac with Photoshop, Painter and SketchBook pro on OS X!

    I think this larger screen iPad is a winner and will be a winner for Apple!

  • by bobseufert,

    bobseufert bobseufert Nov 15, 2015 8:15 PM in response to MichelPM
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    Nov 15, 2015 8:15 PM in response to MichelPM

    That's good news indeed. Congradulations.

  • by ChitlinsCC,

    ChitlinsCC ChitlinsCC Nov 16, 2015 8:56 AM in response to bobseufert
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    Nov 16, 2015 8:56 AM in response to bobseufert

    bobseufert wrote:

     

    That's good news indeed. Congra*d*ulations.

    Howdy Michel [via AlohaBob's reply]

     

    methinks Bob's "typo" might be Freudian Slip - you have indeed shown that iPad(s) are not "toys" in the hands of determined Power Users

  • by lrwalton,

    lrwalton lrwalton Nov 16, 2015 3:05 PM in response to MichelPM
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    Nov 16, 2015 3:05 PM in response to MichelPM

    Interesting and Well Done!

     

    Now would be interesting, now that the Pencil is on the market, to check out the functionality with the Air 2.  Will have to wander into my local Apple store and check it out.....

     

    RW

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